VIC:Hulls blasts bushfires leak

The Victorian government will formally respond to scathing criticisms levelled against it in leaked submissions to the bushfires royal commission later this week.

Attorney-General
Rob Hulls
blasted the leaking of the draft documents, which outline the closing arguments of counsel assisting the royal commission.

He refused to respond to the submissions, which are highly critical of the government's role on Black Saturday, and said that would formally occur in the commission later this week.

"I have to say that the leaking of these submissions is really quite outrageous and I think it does a real disservice to all those people who have been affected by the tragic bushfires on Black Saturday," Mr Hulls told reporters on Monday.

"It also has to be remembered, as commissioner (Bernard) Teague himself said, these submissions are just one side of the argument, one side of the debate.

"A whole range of other parties that are represented before the royal commission will be making submissions to the royal commission."